“If the federal government fails to address these issues, many
private Universities will soon collapse. This will further complicate
the the sorry situation in the sector today. "
Vice Chancellor of Achievers University, Prof Tunji Ibiyemi has said that private institutions might collapse soon if the Federal Government does not provide financial assistance to them.
Speaking on Friday, February 20, at the 9th matriculation ceremony of the institution, Ibiyemi
noted that there was an urgent need for the federal government to help
offset the extra cost incurred by candidates in private universities
above their counterparts in public universities. Besides,the university
don called on the government to ensure access to TetFund by all
Universities in Nigeria regardless of being public or private.
“If
the federal government fails to address these issues, many private
Universities will soon collapse. This will further complicate the the
sorry situation in the sector today. The outcome then will be Armageddon
for all of us,” he warned.
A total of 256
students matriculated with 207 in the College of Natural and Applied
Sciences and the remaining 48 are in the College of Social and
Management Sciences.
The
VC said five new NUC approved programmes have been added for the
Institution. These include B.NSC Nursing, B.SC Criminology and Security
Study, B.SC Sociology, B.SC Public Administration and B.SC Mass
Communication.
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